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Ghost Hunting
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Are you ready for a truly ghostbusting experience?
Do ghosts really exist? Are you brave enough to find out? If so, put your money where your mouth is and take part in a real live ghost hunt at some of the most haunted locations in the UK. Learn all about the fascinating history of the venue, conduct late night vigils and use real ghost hunting equipment to detect any paranormal activity you encounter. The perfect gift for anyone looking for the ultimate chill.
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Selected locations UK Wide - these have historically included Aberdeen (Scotland), Cornwall (South West), Cambridgeshire, Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire, Sussex (South East), Lancashire, Yorkshire (North) and many more
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Weekend Survival Camp
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Beware!! Survival training is addictive. Once hooked, there is no going back.
Survival is not about fighting nature; it is about working and living with it. This Survival Camp in the Midlands is run in a 72 acre wood. The wood provides the course with all the resources to make your camp and practice your wilderness bushcraft techniques. The wood is very secluded and offers a fantastic sense of isolation and is the perfect teaching environment for those beginning wilderness bushcraft
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Staffordshire (Midlands)
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Weekend Survival Skills Course
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Learn the basics that you need to survive in a temperate climate. You never know when you might need them!
Learn essential survival skills on this exciting two day course set in 300 acres of beautiful woodland in Ashdown Forest. You will build shelters, make fire, prepare food, and learn basic navigation skills. Give yourself a fighting chance at survival and rescue by learning to work with nature, rather than against it. This is a practical introduction to survival and is designed to dispel any myths and teach realistic and useful skills.
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Brighton (South)
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Ghost Hunting for Two
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Need someone to hold your hand? Try ghost hunting for two.
Do ghosts really exist? Are you brave enough to find out? If so, put your money where your mouth is and take part in a real live ghost hunt at some of the most haunted locations in the UK. Learn all about the fascinating history of the venue, conduct late night vigils and use real ghost hunting equipment to detect any paranormal activity you encounter. The perfect gift for anyone looking for the ultimate chill.
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Selected locations UK Wide - these have historically included Aberdeen (Scotland), Cornwall (South West), Cambridgeshire, Berkshire, Essex, Hampshire, Sussex (South East), Lancashire, Yorkshire (North) and many more
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Eco Retreat for Two
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Reconnect with nature and someone you love in a beautiful Native American Tipi
Spend two nights in the breathtaking Welsh Mountains while still surrounded by your modern creature comforts. Your 21 foot diameter tipi is furnished with everything you need – a wood burning chimney fire, fluffy sheepskin rugs, plush cushions, a lavish double bed and an organic welcome hamper.
Forest and mountain walks, holistic therapy and a visit to the fascinating “Centre for Alternative Technology” combine to give you a rejuvenating body and soul experience.
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About Our Unusual Escapes
Our eco-friendly unusual escapes are short breaks that reconnect you with the outdoors. Take a Weekend Survival Skills Course and learn how to make shelters, start a fire and navigate in the stunning surroundings of beautiful Ashdown Forest, or go on a Weekend Survival Camp and see the stars from your shelter as you learn bushcraft techniques with a friendly group in a 72 acre wood. Our ultimate Eco Retreat for Two is an eco-friendly short break in the heart of the Welsh Mountains. Your 21 foot tipi is even furnished with a wood burning chimney fire, fluffy sheepskin rug, a double bed and organic welcome hamper, so this really is camping with extra-added kudos.
Slightly surprising facts about Unusual Escapes
- Alternative, eco-friendly holidays like our Eco-retreat for two are becoming increasingly popular in the UK, which is great for reducing the effects of global warming and for holistically healing your body, mind and soul.
- Since Ray Mear's Bushcraft started a whole hoast of people have been booking our Survival Skills Courses, intregued by the intrepid explorer's exploits and wanting to walk (safely) on the wild side!.
Unusual Escapes
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When you're travelling, you are what you are right there and then...No yesterdays on the road
William Moon
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Take a weekend off from stressful city living and reconnect with nature on this Weekend Survival Skills Course! You'll learn how to build shelters, make fires and navigate whilst staying at the heart of Ashdown Forest, 300 acres of beautiful woodland. For those that like their short breaks with an added air of adventure, this Survival Skills Course is the perfect way to getaway.
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This utterly romantic eco-break takes you to the heart of the Welsh Mountains for some breathtaking views and luxurious camp-style tipi accomodation. Your tipi is fitted with a wood burning chimney fire, double bed, fluffy sheepskin rugs and an organic welcome hamper that'll set you up perfectly for your stylish eco-camping trip. So spend a night star gazing with a friend and reconnect with the natural world all around you.
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Customer Reviews of our Unusual Escapes
I like how unusual some of your experiences are, and chose the weekend survivial course for a friend. He came back spouting loads of thigns about building shelters and how to make a fire. From the sounds of things he really enjoyed himself.
Anna Southby
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My wife and I have eco heating and water in our house and really believe it's important to try and be as green as possible, so we when it came time to book a short holiday we chose the eco retreat for two from buyagift. It was just amazing to see the Welsh mountains from our tipi, cooking our organic food from the hamper on the wood burning chimney stove. I really recommend this to anyone, as the tipi was so well furnished with a double bed and everything that it felt like a hotel room.
Jason Reeves
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